A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Obesity & its Consequences among Adolescents in Selected Private High Schools in Pune Jabade Mangesh V.1, Roy Manu Acha1 1Lecturer, Symbiosis College of Nursing, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Senapati Bapat Road Pune, Maharashtra, India Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Introduction/Background The WHO has already says that Obesity a global epidemic biggest current health problem in children as well as adolescents1. Overweight and obesity are a matter of growing concern in India2. Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in adolescents. So it's important to educate about obesity and its consequences to improve health of the adolescents3. Methodology The study was conducted using pre experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The research variable was knowledge regarding obesity and its consequences, while the demographic variables were age, gender, religion, educational status of parents and monthly income of family, food pattern and source of information. The study was conducted on 120 adolescents using simple random sampling. The data obtained was tabulated and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results & Discussion The findings on assessment of knowledge regarding obesity and its consequences showed that 69 (57.5%) adolescent had average knowledge and 30 (25%) had poor knowledge. After the administration of structured teaching programme, the pre-test and post-test data analysis revealed that the mean post-test score (24±2.68) was higher than the mean pre test score (15.59±3.16). Conclusion The study concluded that structured teaching programme was effective for high school students to gain knowledge regarding obesity and its consequences. Top Keywords Effectiveness, Obesity, Consequences, Adolescents. Top |